Tripura arrests 3,705 illegal migrants since 2022; 3,463 are BangladeshisA senior Home Department official stated that 965 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in 2022, followed by 1,014 in 2023; 947 in 2024; and ...
31 May, 2026, 09.53 PM IST
India turns to Latin American, African oil after Hormuz disruptionIndian refiners sought oil from Latin America and Africa as Middle East supplies faced disruptions. Imports from Venezuela, Brazil, Angola,...
25 May, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
Nigeria arrests 22 Indian ship crew members in cocaine bustNigeria's drug enforcement agency Sunday said it had arrested 22 Indian crew members of a merchant ship after 31.5 kilogrammes of cocaine w...
04 Jan, 2026, 09.42 PM IST
Nigerian diplomats getting Raksha tips at Ahmedabad-based universityA delegation of 30 Nigerian diplomats, including officials from various Nigerian law enforcement agencies, is undergoing a two-week trainin...
21 Jan, 2024, 11.47 PM IST
Nigeria pulls up China for illegal mining ahead of Presidential visit for G20In a rare move, Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry recently complained to the Chinese embassy in Abuja and said that the local government w...
07 Sep, 2023, 08.34 AM IST
MHA Nod for MoU between Indian & Nigerian drug control agenciesThe move comes after a meeting between the heads of the NCB and NDLEA following the 'No Money for Terror Conference' in Delhi in November l...
06 Mar, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
Nigerian drug enforcement agency head to visit India, meet local counterpartNDLEA is headed by Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), OFR. “We regret any one of us involved in crime. My advice to India was that law s...
19 Nov, 2022, 09.59 PM IST
16 Indian sailors detained in Equatorial Guinea: Kerala CM seeks PM's interventionIn a letter to the Prime Minister, Vijayan requested PM Modi to direct Indian diplomatic missions in the countries concerned -- Equatorial ...
08 Nov, 2022, 04.19 PM IST
Rs 5,000 crore bank fraud: Nitin Sandesara, family may have fled to NigeriaIt is alleged that Sandesara set up more than 300 shell firms to divert loans to the tune of Rs 5000 crore.
24 Sep, 2018, 04.15 PM IST
Making all efforts for release of abducted Indians in Nigeria: Sushma SwarajIndia is making all efforts to secure the release of two Indians abducted from Gboko, a town in the Benue state of north-central Nigeria.
03 Jul, 2016, 07.15 PM IST
PM raises issue of 11 Indians lodged in jail with Nigerian President Muhammadu BuhariPrime Minister Narendra Modi today raised with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari the issue of 11 Indian crew members languishing in a jai...
28 Oct, 2015, 09.24 PM IST
Bengal MP seeks release of 11 Indians jailed in NigeriaRajya Sabha member from West Bengal has called on Sushma Swaraj to secure the release of 11 Indians who have been jailed in Nigeria for nea...
11 Aug, 2015, 09.23 PM IST
11 Indians languish in Nigeria JailThe matter was brought to the notice of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj by Ritabrata Banerjee, a Rajya Sabha MP from West Bengal.
11 Aug, 2015, 07.20 PM IST
Death of Nigerian: India in 'diplomatic dialogue' with NigeriaIndia today said it was in "diplomatic dialogue" with Nigeria after that country raised the killing of one of its nationals in Goa last wee...
06 Nov, 2013, 08.02 PM IST
- 17 Indians arrested in Nigeria for illegal export of metals
They were attempting to export four container loads of scrap metals illegally through Africa's largest container terminal at Apapa Quay in ...
05 Sep, 2011, 01.52 PM IST
- 32 Indians held for working illegally on London Olympics
Thirty two illegal Indian immigrants have been arrested during a crackdown at the 2012 Olympics Games site in east London, official sources...
06 Dec, 2009, 12.24 PM IST
- ED books Dawood 'aide' in Rs 5,000 cr hawala scam
The detention followed the recovery of unaccounted cash totalling about Rs 60 lakh from the residence of Jain’s brother Shyam, located at P...
26 Sep, 2009, 12.29 PM IST